Ebay is full of good deals. I secured this HP3478A for little money. The battery saving the calibration data had to be replaced, it was 29 years old and specified for 10 years. This needed a significant effort with diverse obsolete technologies like GPIB adapters and cables. With the help of fine folks at EEVblog, all is good and my benchtop 5.5 digits multi-meter has become my favorite tool.
The Stealth V3 streamer is finished. After a lot of assembly work and many firmware glitches, it now feeds another audio chain. Features multiple linear regulated power supplies, galvanic isolation for USB and Ethernet, large Read more…
Manufactured in the 1992-1995 period, the NAD 106 is still a great-sounding pre-amplifier today. Despite the capacitors showing no sign of fatigue, they were 40 years old, so a recap-job was welcome. All power-supply electrolytics Read more…
A Panasonic SC-HTB510 was exhibiting unreliable behavior on the keyboard, and not responding to the remote control actions. Removed all screws, visual inspection… The flat cable connecting the main board and the keyboard was half Read more…